Compliance investigators are authorized, when so designated by the chief financial
officer, to conduct investigations in the manner provided elsewhere in this article.
Compliance investigators are eligible to apply for status as code enforcement agents
under section 98-1. In order to enforce code provisions and issue citations, compliance investigators
must apply for and receive status as a code enforcement agent. Compliance investigators
may cite individuals or persons for violation of this article but are not empowered
to arrest any individual for any violation of this article, and, notwithstanding any
authority to the contrary elsewhere in the Atlanta City Code of Ordinances, shall
not arrest any individual for any violation of this article.